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A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories  Cover Image Book Book

A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories / Richard Peck.

Summary:

A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0439227550 (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 9780439227551 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 148 p. ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic, [2000], c1998.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
"This edition is only available for distribution through the school market"--P. [4] of cover.
Originally published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1998.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- Shotgun Cheatham's last night above ground -- Mouse in the milk -- One-woman crime wave -- Day of judgment -- Phantom brakeman -- Things with wings -- Centennial summer -- Troop train.
Subject: Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction.
Country life > Illinois > Juvenile fiction.
Illinois > Juvenile fiction.

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  • 5 out of 5 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
  • 1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Okefenokee Regional Library System. (Show)
  • 1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Waycross-Ware Co. Public Lib..

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